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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt was glad to get Edward J. Schneider’s letter. He hated to leave New York but he enjoys his new position.
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1897-04-21
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Francis C. Travers for the kind letter. He is a great believer in the Navy.
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1897-04-21
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs H. L. Aldrich that he will inquire about the issue immediately.
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1897-04-22
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Bernard P. Mimmack, but he has already rented a house.
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1897-04-21
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt assures Benjamin Oppenheimer that he will do what he can.
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1897-04-21
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks John W. Wood for his letter. He hated leaving New York City, but feels he can accomplish more in his new position.
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1897-04-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt remembers Reverend Theodore F. Burnham and looks forward to seeing him. He has long been interested in the Navy and is glad to hear what Burnham has done with the Naval Union.
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1897-04-21
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Robert Underwood Johnson of The Century Magazine for his reply and asks him to send Casselman’s article.
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1897-04-21
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt will do all he can for Henry H. Washburn’s nephew (likely for an appointment to the Naval Academy). However, it is up to the nephew’s congressman. President William McKinley has a few appointments, but there is already a long list of applicants.
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1897-04-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt does not believe he is the person to get the information through. He instructs Cornelia Hubley Stephan to contact her schoolmistress in New York and have her contact the schoolmistress in Washington, D.C.
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1897-04-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Edward J. Rush for his letter. Even though he wishes he could have accomplished more, such letters make him feel satisfied with his work in New York (likely in reference to his time as Police Commissioner of New York).
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1897-04-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks John Winfield Scott for the kind letter. He hated to leave New York City but feels he can accomplish more in his new position and believes strongly in the Navy.
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1897-04-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Francis E. Shea for the letter.
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1897-04-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt assures Thomas Roberts Slicer he will do what he can for Crandall. However, he does not believe he will have much say in the matter as it is outside of his department.
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1897-04-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Robbie Richter for writing and hopes to see him someday.
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1897-04-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Henry G. Rowe for the congratulations. Regarding firearms, any make of rifle is good, as everyone has a preference. Roosevelt discusses his preference for Winchesters. However, there is no guarantee that any model will always be satisfactory.
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1897-04-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks U.S. Consul Mantius for his letter. He is glad he can do work that he is fond of. However, he believes it “will be the last position of importance I will ever hold under the government.”
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1897-04-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Officer Otto Raphael of the Metropolitan Police Force for his telegram. He is glad to have appointed Raphael and wishes him well.
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1897-04-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Frank Rathgeber for the letter and directs him to do as suggested regarding Nasts’s picture (possibly cartoonist Thomas Nast). When Roosevelt’s successor at the New York Police Department is appointed, he will write him concerning Rathgeber and Minnie Gertrude Kelly.
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1897-04-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Archbishop John Ireland that he will help Reverend E. H. Fitzgerald if he can.
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1897-04-20